Ratzinger’s blessing of the ghastly Rebecca Kadaga – which took place at a human rights conference at the Vatican – was widely interpreted as a gesture of support for her “Kill the Gays” bill, but we learn today that the Ugandan Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi, appears to have distanced himself from the venomous Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

This, says human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, suggests the Government may not support the bill in its present form.

This may be the reason the bill has not been passed, as expected, in the run-up to Christmas.

PM Amama Mbabazi said:

It [homosexuality] is unlawful already … Why won’t we support it [the bill]? Because it’s already covered. But there are certain aspects which may be new, like promotion of homosexuality, things like that.

Peter Tatchell joins protesters against Uganda’s ‘Kill the Gays’ bill outside Uganda House in London on December 10, Human Rights Day

Tatchell added:

His words indicate that the government of Uganda may not support key sections of the bill but may agree to a crackdown on the promotion and advocacy of LGBT human rights. Caution and scepticism are advisable. This might be a government ploy to diffuse protests and lull LGBT Ugandans into a false sense of security.

There is likely to be a parliamentary majority in favour of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill if it comes to a vote. In this eventuality, the only hope is that President Yoweri Museveni will veto the bill.

Meanwhile Philippine legislators are today poised to pass landmark birth control laws paving the way for increased sex education and free contraceptives, despite lobbying by the Catholic Church.

The Philippine Senate is due to vote on the Reproductive Health Bill during its crucial second reading, while the House of Representatives will vote for the third and final time later today, said Congressman Edcel Lagman.

We are sure it will pass [in the Senate]. We expect the margin of victory to be wider in the House.

This flies in the face of angry condemnation of the bill from the RCC.

15 Responses to “Bad news for the RCC from Uganda and the Philippines”

What a happy, joyous, love-filled bunch those nuns look. They remind me of zombies or daleks. I can just imagine them wandering around (occasionally bumping into things) screeching ‘Exterminate!’, ‘Exterminate!’.

Bishops across the country have argued that laws allowing increased sex education and the handing out of contraception will encourage pre-marital sex and lead to the legalisation of abortion.

Let us consider the Roman Catholic Church’s record when it comes to scientific discovery and scientific accuracy and scientific suppression, then act accordingly in this matter.

On the meta-level, I note that theists are quick to use logic when they think it can serve their ends, but do not forbid themselves the non-explanations of ‘it was God’ and ‘you must have faith’ when challenged in the slightest.

Wasn’t there a Bond villain called Kadaga? And those nuns…They have their brains surgically removed when they sign up. The vatican installs two carved stones in their empty little heads containg ten rules and that’s all they need to function at a basic level. Being catholics, basic is as good as it gets.

@Matt W.: Yes, sex is delightful, pre/post, as long as it is consenting adults.
However, the better the sex education, the more freely available the contraception and the stricter the punishment for rape – the less one needs abortions!

Morning after pills should also be freely available for victims of rapists who were not shot the first time.

Bishops, nuns and priests belong to the past. Their views, like the religion that they represent, are outdated, dangerous for humanity and mainly totally unacceptable by any freethinking, rational, logical human being.

Long live education!

If someone believes in a personal god, then so be it, but let it be religion-free. If there really is a god or gods, then he/she/it would deplore the lack of humanity shown by the largest religion that purportedly represents him/her/it.

Religions are dispicable in their attempted (sometimes sucessful) manipulation of innocent people’s minds and lives.

Scroll down to see more. I have two of the Private Eye “Books of Boobs”, and always cry with laughter when I look through them, even though I’ve read them from cover to cover before. (“Children shot for Christmas in the home”!)